1 Samuel 30
1 Three days later, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, [they discovered that] men of the Amalek people-group had raided Ziklag and [towns in] the southern part of Judah. They had destroyed Ziklag and burned down all the buildings.
Cuando David y sus hombres habían llegado a Siclag al tercer día, los amalecitas habían hecho una incursión en el sur y en Siclag, y habían atacado a Siclag y la habían quemado con fuego,
2 They had captured the women [and the children] and everyone else, and had taken them away. But they had not killed anyone.
y habían llevado cautivas a las mujeres y a todos los que estaban en ella, tanto pequeños como grandes. No mataron a ninguno, sino que se los llevaron y siguieron su camino.
3 When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw that the town had been burned, and that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured and taken away.
Cuando David y sus hombres llegaron a la ciudad, he aquí que ésta había sido incendiada, y sus mujeres, sus hijos y sus hijas habían sido llevados cautivos.
4 David and his men cried loudly, until [they were so weak that] they could not cry [any more].
Entonces David y el pueblo que estaba con él alzaron la voz y lloraron hasta que ya no tuvieron fuerzas para llorar.
5 David’s two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had also been taken away.
Las dos esposas de David fueron llevadas cautivas, Ahinoam la jezreelita y Abigail la esposa de Nabal el carmelita.
6 David’s men were threatening to [kill him by] throwing stones at him, because they were very angry because their sons and daughters [had been taken away]. David was very distressed, but Yahweh his God gave him strength.
David estaba muy afligido, pues el pueblo hablaba de apedrearlo, porque las almas de todo el pueblo estaban afligidas, cada una por sus hijos y por sus hijas; pero David se fortaleció en Yahvé, su Dios.
7 David [did not know what to do, so he] said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring to me the sacred vest.” So Abiathar brought it,
David dijo al sacerdote Abiatar, hijo de Ajimelec: “Por favor, tráeme el efod”. Abiatar llevó el efod a David.
8 and David asked Yahweh, “Should I [and my men] pursue the men [who took our families]? Will we [be able to] catch up to them?” Yahweh answered [by means of the stones in Abiathar’s sacred pouch], “Yes, pursue them. You will catch up to them, and you will be able to rescue [your families].”
David consultó a Yahvé, diciendo: “Si persigo a esta tropa, ¿la alcanzaré?”. Él le respondió: “Persigue, porque seguramente los alcanzarás, y sin falta lo recuperarás todo”.
9 So David and the 600 men who were with him left, and they came to the Besor Ravine. Some of his men stayed there [with some of their supplies].
Así que David se fue, él y los seiscientos hombres que estaban con él, y llegaron al arroyo Besor, donde se quedaron los que quedaron atrás.
10 David and 400 men continued to pursue [the men who captured their families]. The other 200 men stayed there at the ravine, because they were so exhausted that they could not cross the ravine.
Pero David siguió, él y cuatrocientos hombres; porque se quedaron atrás doscientos, que estaban tan débiles que no podían pasar el arroyo de Besor.
11 [As David and the 400 men were going], they saw a man from Egypt in a field; so they took him to David. They gave the man some water to drink and some food to eat.
Encontraron a un egipcio en el campo, lo llevaron a David y le dieron pan, y él comió, y le dieron de beber agua.
12 They also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters/packs of raisins. The man had not had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights, but [after he ate and drank] he felt refreshed.
Le dieron un trozo de una torta de higos y dos racimos de pasas. Cuando hubo comido, su espíritu volvió a él, pues no había comido pan ni bebido agua durante tres días y tres noches.
13 David asked him, “Who is your master? And where do you come from?” He replied, “I am from Egypt. I am a slave of a man from the Amalek people-group. Three days ago my master left me here, because I was sick [and I was not able to go with them].
David le preguntó: “¿A quién perteneces? ¿De dónde eres?” Dijo: “Soy un joven egipcio, siervo de un amalecita; y mi amo me dejó, porque hace tres días me enfermé.
14 We had raided the southern part of Judah where the Kereth people-group live, and some other towns in Judah, and the area south [of Hebron city] where the descendants of Caleb live. We also burned Ziklag [town].”
Hicimos una incursión en el sur de los queretanos, en el que pertenece a Judá y en el sur de Caleb, y quemamos Ziklag con fuego.”
15 David asked him, “Can you lead us to this group of raiders?” He replied, “Yes, [I will do that] if you ask God to listen while you promise that you will not kill me or give me back to my master. If you promise that, I will take you to them.”
David le dijo: “¿Me harás bajar a esta tropa?” Dijo: “Júrame por Dios que no me matarás ni me entregarás en manos de mi amo, y te haré bajar a esta tropa”.
16 [David agreed to do that, ] so the man from Egypt led David [and his men] to where the men from the Amalek people-group were. Those men were lying on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating because of having captured many things from the Philistia and Judah areas.
Cuando lo hizo descender, he aquí que estaban esparcidos por toda la tierra, comiendo, bebiendo y bailando, a causa de todo el gran botín que habían sacado de la tierra de los filisteos y de la tierra de Judá.
17 David [and his men] fought against them from sunset that day until the evening of the following day. Four hundred of them escaped and rode away on camels, but none of the others escaped.
David los golpeó desde el crepúsculo hasta la tarde del día siguiente. Ningún hombre de ellos escapó de allí, excepto cuatrocientos jóvenes que montaron en camellos y huyeron.
18 David rescued his two wives, and he and his men got back everything else that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken.
David recuperó todo lo que los amalecitas habían tomado, y David rescató a sus dos esposas.
19 Nothing was missing. They took all their people back [to Ziklag]—young people and old people, [their wives], their sons and their daughters. They also recovered all the other things that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken from Ziklag.
No les faltó nada, ni pequeño ni grande, ni hijos ni hijas, ni botín, ni nada de lo que habían tomado. David los devolvió a todos.
20 They took with them the sheep and cattle that had been captured, and his men caused those animals to go in front of them, saying, “These are animals that we captured in the battle; they belong to David!”
David tomó todos los rebaños y las vacas, que condujeron delante de los otros ganados, y dijo: “Este es el botín de David”.
21 David and his men got back to where the other 200 men were waiting, the men who did not go with David because they were very exhausted. They had stayed at Besor Ravine. [When they saw David and his men coming], they went out to greet them. And David [greeted them and] said to them, “I hope that things are going well with you!”
David se acercó a los doscientos hombres, que estaban tan desanimados que no podían seguir a David, a quien también habían hecho quedarse en el arroyo de Besor, y salieron a recibir a David y al pueblo que estaba con él. Cuando David se acercó al pueblo, lo saludó.
22 But some of the men who had gone with David, men who were evil and troublemakers, said, “These 200 men did not go with us. So we should not give to them any of the things that we recovered/captured. Each of them should take only his wife and children and go [back to their homes].”
Entonces todos los hombres malvados y despreciables de los que iban con David respondieron y dijeron: “Por no haber ido con nosotros, no les daremos nada del botín que hemos recuperado, salvo a cada uno su mujer y sus hijos, para que los lleve y se vaya.”
23 David replied, “No, my fellow Israelis, it would not be right to divide up like that the things that Yahweh has allowed us to capture. Yahweh has protected us and enabled us to defeat the enemies who attacked our town.
Entonces David dijo: “No hagáis eso, hermanos míos, con lo que nos ha dado Yahvé, que nos ha preservado y ha entregado en nuestra mano a la tropa que venía contra nosotros.
24 (Who will pay attention to you if you say things like that?/No one will pay attention to you if you say things like that.) [RHQ] The men who stayed here with our supplies will get the same amount that the men who went into the battle will get. They will all receive the same amount.”
¿Quién os escuchará en este asunto? Porque así como su parte es el que baja a la batalla, así será su parte el que se quede con el bagaje. Se repartirán por igual”.
25 David made that to be a law [DOU] for the Israeli people, and that is still a law in Israel.
Así fue desde aquel día y lo convirtió en estatuto y ordenanza para Israel hasta el día de hoy.
26 When David [and all the others] arrived in Ziklag, David sent to his friends who were leaders in Judah some of the things that they had captured from the Amalek people-group. He said to them, “Here is a present for you. These are things that we took from Yahweh’s enemies.”
Cuando David llegó a Siclag, envió parte del botín a los ancianos de Judá, a sus amigos, diciendo: “He aquí un regalo para ustedes del botín de los enemigos de Yahvé.”
27 [Here is a list of the cities and towns to whose leaders David sent gifts: ] Bethel, Ramoth in the southern part of Judah, Jattir,
Lo envió a los que estaban en Betel, a los que estaban en Ramot del Sur, a los que estaban en Jattir,
28 Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,
a los que estaban en Aroer, a los que estaban en Sifmot, a los que estaban en Estemoa,
29 Racal, the cities where the descendants of Jehrameel lived and the cities where the Ken people-group lived,
a los que estaban en Racal a los que estaban en las ciudades de los jeraelitas, a los que estaban en las ciudades de los ceneos,
30 Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach,
a los que estaban en Horma, a los que estaban en Borashan, a los que estaban en Athach,
31 Hebron, and all the other places where David and his men had gone [when they were hiding from Saul].
a los que estaban en Hebrón, y a todos los lugares donde David mismo y sus hombres solían quedarse.
